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Japanese Comic Ranking, December 16-22
posted on by Egan Loo
| Rank | Prev. Rank | Title | Author | Weekly Copies | Total Copies | Publisher | Price | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Fairy Tail #13 | Hiro Mashima | 166,509 | 166,509 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 2 | - | Ahiru no Sora #22 | Takeshi Hinata | 157,359 | 157,359 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 3 | - | Bloody Monday #9 | Ryō Ryūmon, Kōji Megumi | 140,019 | 140,019 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 4 | - | Hajime no Ippo #86 | George Morikawa | 129,530 | 129,530 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 5 | - | Air Gear #23 | Oh! Great | 119,986 | 119,986 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 6 | - | Fullmetal Alchemist #21 | Hiromu Arakawa | 107,356 | 107,356 | Square Enix | Y420 |  |
| 7 | 1 | One Piece #52 | Eiichiro Oda | 101,934 | 1,422,906 | Shueisha | Y420 |  |
| 8 | 8 | Life #19 | Keiko Suenobu | 83,677 | 144,948 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 9 | - | Kaiōki #38 | Masatoshi Kawahara | 83,326 | 83,326 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 10 | - | Zettai Karen Children #15 | Takashi Shiina | 79,133 | 79,133 | Shogakukan | Y420 |  |
| 11 | 5 | Major #70 | Takuya Mitsuda | 78,158 | 177,415 | Shogakukan | Y420 |  |
| 12 | - | Gakuen Alice #17 | Tachibana Higuchi | 65,266 | 65,266 | Hakusensha | Y420 |  |
| 13 | - | Shitsuji-sama no Okiniiri #5 | Art: Rei Izawa Story Composition: Fuyu Tsuyama | 57,731 | 57,731 | Hakusensha | Y420 |  |
| 14 | 17 |
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge (The Wallflower) #22 | Tomoko Hayakawa | 57,316 | 95,178 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 15 | - | Gekkō Jōrei (Moonlight Act) #3 | Kazuhiro Fujita | 55,512 | 55,512 | Shogakukan | Y420 |  |
| 16 | 2 | Bleach #36 | Kubotite | 55,323 | 751,547 | Shueisha | Y420 |  |
| 17 | - | Rozen Maiden #17 | Peach-Pit | 49,618 | 49,618 | Shueisha | Y630 |  |
| 18 | - | Zetman #11 | Masakazu Katsura | 47,845 | 47,845 | Shueisha | Y680 |  |
| 19 | 3 | Angel Heart #28 | Tsukasa Hojo | 47,415 | 176,562 | Shinchosha | Y540 |  |
| 20 | 35 | Mainichi Kāsan #5 Kuroshio Family Arc | Rieko Saibara | 47,235 | 66,285 | The Mainichi Newspapers | Y880 |  |
| 21 | - | Godhand Teru #44 | Kazuki Yamamoto | 41,706 | 41,706 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 22 | - | Code:Breaker #2 | Akimine Kamijyo | 41,161 | 41,161 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
| 23 | 4 | D. Gray-man #17 | Katsura Hoshino | 40,876 | 483,837 | Shueisha | Y420 |  |
| 24 | - | Shiawase Kissa 3-chōme #12 | Kō Matsuzugi | 39,733 | 39,733 | Hakusensha | Y420 |  |
| 25 | 6 | Gintama #26 | Hideaki Sorachi | 36,826 | 405,379 | Shueisha | Y420 |  |
| 26 | - | Kinnikuman Nisei Kyūkyoku no Chōjin Tag Arc #15 | Yudetamago | 36,645 | 36,645 | Shueisha | Y540 |  |
| 27 | - | Kinnikuman Nisei Kyūkyoku no Chōjin Tag Arc #16 | Yudetamago | 36,465 | 36,465 | Shueisha | Y540 |  |
| 28 | - | Usogui #10 | Toshio Sako | 35,421 | 35,421 | Shueisha | Y540 |  |
| 29 | - | Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu #18 | Motoyuki Tanaka | 33,507 | 33,507 | Shogakukan | Y420 |  |
| 30 | - | Smash! #11 | Kaori Saki | 30,147 | 30,147 | Kodansha | Y440 |  |
Update: Cleaned up layout of the entry for Life manga. Thanks, tasogarenootome. The Code:Breaker manga is now correctly attributed.
follow-up of 2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #26-50
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